What are the responsibilities and job description for the CYP Mental Health Liaison Practitioner position at Lincolnshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust?

Job summary

The CYP Mental Health Liaison team are a new service that went live in March 2023 working closely CAMHS Crisis and enhanced treatment service (CCETT) and the CYP Eating Disorder Service!

The role of the team is to support children and young people (CYP) accessing our medical areas at the hospital, including A&E, paediatrics, and the hospital wards at Lincoln County hospital (LCH) and Pilgrim hospital Boston. (PHB) with a priority of timely face to face assessments as well as well as supporting YP admitted to a ward with a mental health need. We are also building links with ULHT teams with a view to improved joint working and mental health training to their staff.

Shifts will be and MH liaison workers will work closely with CAMHS CCETT staff to ensure a 24-hour service is offered for CYP experiencing a mental health crisis, including phone support out of hours to those on the case load, support to those accessing medical care or emergency care through ULHT or the MHUAC (Mental Health Urgent Assessment Centre) and S136 suite.

Main duties of the job

Operational hours are shifts over 24 hours, 7 days per week.

Provide rapid response to CYP presenting with urgent and emergency mental health presentations- including mental health and eating disorder / disordered eating presentations.
Respond to referrals within one hour, triage / assess within 4 hours- Utilise methods available such as phones, Microsoft teams or face to face depending on the location, presentation of CYP and team resources.
To provide a high standard of clinical care ensuring safe and effective assessment, treatment and comprehensive discharge planning using highly developed clinical reasoning skills and appropriate assessment tools.
To maintain positive working relationships between CAMHS CCETT, Adult MH liaison and ULHT hospital teams.
Offer training, support and clinical supervision to pediatric colleagues.
Work with CCETT to complete urgent emergency mental health and risk assessments for CYP presenting at LCH and PHB. Offer a robust triage and assessment service.
Build effective relationships within the adult MH liaison team to share skills, good practice and enhance team working.
Engage with young people to provide mental health and risk assessment, risk management plans, and taking appropriate therapeutic risk for young people following crisis. Provide full assessment and collaborative care planning for implementation by the multi-disciplinary team, in partnership with young people / carers and other workers involved in care delivery.

About us

Lincolnshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust provides mental health services and a number of learning disability, autism and social care services in the county of Lincolnshire. Employing around 2,900 staff, and serving a population of over 768,400, our people lie at the heart of everything we do.

You could be part of a Trust rated by staff as one of the best mental health and learning disability trusts in England. We firmly believe the key to high quality care is a contented workforce. This is reflected in our Care Quality Commission rating of 'outstanding' for well-led and 'good' overall. In the most recent National NHS Staff Survey, our staff rated us as the number one trust nationally for staff morale and one of the top scoring NHS Trusts in the Midlands for being compassionate and inclusive. We're really proud of this!

We offer options for flexible working and provide a wide range of training and promotion opportunities in all professions. We support and celebrate diversity, have active staff networks groups and are always looking at what more we can do to support our staff.

Whether you're taking the first exciting steps in your career, itching for a new challenge or searching for a better place to raise a family, Lincolnshire has arange of rewarding health and social care careers in a county that's friendly, fascinating, affordable and brimming with everything you need to live a happy life. Visit to find out more .

Job description

Job responsibilities

You will act as liaison between CAMHS CCETT, Adult Mental health liaison service, Lincoln county hospital (LCH) and Pilgrim Boston hospital (PBH), including acute paediatrics. You will act as the link worker for the paediatric wards and be based within CAMHS CCETTS teams and MH liaison (at night) and provide liaison, signposting, support, robust triage and assessment for CYP accessing A&E departments or acute paediatric care across Lincolnshire. You will work alongside CCETT staff and adult mental health liaison to ensure there is 24 hour cover for CYP accessing acute general hospitals, including those CYP who are admitted for support with their eating and weight issues. The role will include any training or supervision ULHT staff may require when working with CYP presenting with mental health needs.

We can also offer you many staff benefits to help support you which include :

Early access to Psychological Therapies and Physiotherapy

Competitive annual leave allowance

Car leasing scheme

NHS pension scheme

Free eye tests

Money saving options through our salary sacrifice scheme

Discounts on major high street retailers and restaurants

Get in touch today :

Our friendly team is here to answer any questions you may have about our roles. For more information, please contact Cheryl Goodwin via email at or by telephone 01522 535189.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

Post graduate professional with current registration. (RMN, RLN, SW, OT)

Evidence of specialised continued professional training in clinical practice

Desirable

Leadership training

Training in Dialectical behavioural therapy (DBT) or Family systemic practices

Experience

Essential

Relevant experience of working with people with mental health needs

Experience of working with individuals in crisis

Experience of working with people with severe and enduring mental illnesses

Experience of managing and developing staff including supervision

Desirable

Experience of working with children and young people.

Skills

Essential

Expert knowledge of Child Care legislation, Safeguarding, Mental Health Act, Care Programme Approach and Risk Assessment

Good knowledge of current local and national strategies concerning CAMHS, Children's Services and mental health

Good understanding of child and adolescent development, risk assessment and risk management of young people in crisis

Experience of using evidence-based practice

Ability to work both as a member of a team and autonomously and to manage own and other colleagues' anxieties

Sound knowledge of clinical / risk assessment and understanding of Information Governance principles

Highly developed communication skills

Ability to delegate whilst maintaining overall responsibility for service users care, where appropriate

Highly motivated & able to engage with service users & carers to improve outcomes

Well-developed IT skills

Excellent time management skills, organisational skills, ability to work under pressure and to manage own and other workloads efficiently

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